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Allow remote performance monitoring

The Windows 2000 Performance Monitor snap-in is a handy tool for monitoring a computer's

performance for troubleshooting and identifying potential performance problems. It's often

necessary to monitor a system locally, but you can also monitor remote systems with this snap-in.





The first step in collecting remote performance data is to configure the Performance Logs And

Alerts service on the collecting computer. This service must run in the context of an account that

has administrative rights on the computer being monitored. Open the Services console from the

Administrative Tools folder, open the Properties for the Performance Logs And Alerts service, and

specify the necessary account on the Log On page. Then, start (or restart) the service.



Follow these steps to begin collecting data:



Open the Performance Monitor snap-in from the Administrative Tools folder, right-click Counter

Logs, and click New Log Settings.

Enter a name of your choice and click OK.

On the General tab, click Add and enter the computer name in the Select Counters From

Computers combo box.

Select the objects and counters to capture, click Add, and click Close when you're finished.

On the General tab, specify the collection interval.

On the Log Files tab, specify a location and filename for the log and click OK.

When you're ready to start collecting, click the Counter Logs branch, click the counter, and click

Start in the toolbar.



Collecting data across the network naturally generates additional network traffic, so be selective

with how much and how often you collect data. When you've collected enough data, click the

counter in the Counter Logs branch and click Stop in the toolbar.

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